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Nice Day for a Green Wedding How to marry your sweetheart and love the planet	Suzanne Gerber, for The Green Guide	08 May 2003	Earthly Possessions
When high-school sweethearts Alicia Gomer and Mark Wittink got engaged in December 2001, they pledged that their wedding would reflect their commitment to ecological issues. Gomer, who is working on an M.S. in environmental science policy, and Wittink, a project director at the Resource Conservation Alliance in Washington, D.C., were "shocked at the lack of green ...
Topics: green living (all these topics)

We're All Ears		06 May 2003	Daily Grist
We're All Ears Everyone knows you can eat corn -- but can you eat using plates, cups, and forks made from corn? Absolutely, and doing so can help reduce both waste and oil consumption, say advocates of biodegradable corn products. Although it's not quite true that "anything that can be made from a barrel of crude oil can be made from a kernel of corn," as Randy Cruise, a Nebraska farmer put it, it's not far off: ...
Topics: green living, pollution and waste (all these topics)

No Art-ic Refuge		02 May 2003	Daily Grist
No Art-ic Refuge Sometimes art gets political -- and sometimes it's the artist who suffers. Just ask Subhankar Banerjee, who spent his life savings to photograph Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. For a while, things were going swimmingly for Banerjee; he found a publisher for his photo collection and earned an exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Then, in Marc ...
Topics: Alaska, green living, mining and drilling (all these topics)

Rat Combat On keeping compost rat-free	Umbra Fisk	30 Apr 2003	Ask Umbra
Hi Umbra, I live in Providence, R.I., and I have a basic composting bin; it's about three feet tall, made of black plastic with ventilation shafts on all four sides and on top, but it has no bottom. I want to set this up in my tiny side yard for my neighbors and me to use. However, we have a big rat problem here and I am afraid all this delicious, rotting food will attract them. Is there any way to keep a rat-free compost bin in a ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, gardening, green living, wildlife (all these topics)

Compostmodern On composting toilets	Umbra Fisk	30 Apr 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I grew up in a house built in 1812. Until 1962, we still used an outhouse that was built with the house. My mother said that when she was a girl (in the 1920s), a man used to come around and clean it out each year, but it was never done in my memory. The seats were built about 10 feet over the debris and it never seemed to fill up. We did put lime (the kind you buy for your garden) in it. Some people now use outhouses wher ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, waste, water pollution (all these topics)

The Envelope Please... On anti-environmentalists	Umbra Fisk	22 Apr 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Sequin-Wearing Award Ceremony Audience, Folks, we have a winnah! That's right: The results are in from the first annual and perhaps only "Cheer Us Up the Weather Is Godawful and We're at War" contest. We know the weather is beyond our control, but let us all work fervently to limit the possibility that we could have this contest again. If you get what I mean. But, eager readers, back to the matter at ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living (all these topics)

Give It to Me, Baby!		22 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
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Chaos Theory Looting is as American as apple pie	Mark Fiore	22 Apr 2003	Soapbox
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Topics: green living, Iraq, politics, United States (all these topics)

Whatchamacallem		22 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
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Europe Paean		21 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Europe Paean Major American corporations may be getting off easy on environmental regulations in the U.S. these days, but they're being forced to toe the line in Europe. Rules adopted this year will require all electronics manufacturers doing business in European Union countries to eliminate use of lead, mercury, and other heavy metals from their products, ...
Topics: European Union, globalization, green living, politics, recycling, toxics, United States, waste (all these topics)

Afri-can Do		18 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Afri-can Do Seeking to capitalize on the potential of renewable energy sources, 10 African nations are collaborating to increase their combined geothermal power generation to 1,000 megawatts by 2020. Geothermal power yields electricity by trapping steam released by water reservoi ...
Topics: Africa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, green living, international government agencies, Kenya, Malawi, renewable energy, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, United Nations, Zambia (all these topics)

Give a Hoot		17 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Give a Hoot Pollution in North America decreased by 5 percent between 1995 and 2000, according to a report released today by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, established under the North American Free Trade Agreement. In 2000, the U.S., Canada, and Mexico released 3.6 million tons of pollution. Of that, 1.5 million ...
Topics: business, Canada, globalization, green living, health, Mexico, North America, pollution and waste, recycling, United States (all these topics)

Earth Angelina		15 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Earth Angelina Actress Angelina Jolie, who played a tough-chick adventurer in the movie "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," is taking on a new role: eco-crusader. She has pledged to donate at least $1.3 million over the next few years to establish a wildlife sanctuary in northwest Cambodia, a region that until five years ago was controlled by remnants of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Known as the "100 Elephants Fore ...
Topics: Cambodia, green living, wildlife (all these topics)

Let It Be Me An interview with the Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers	Kathryn Schulz	08 Apr 2003	Main Dish
Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. Photo: Frank Ockenfels. In the lead-up to Earth Day on April 22, the folk duo Indigo Girls will hit the road with Native American activist Winona LaDuke for a two-week Honor the Earth tour. Beginning April 10, Grammy Award-winners Emily Saliers and Amy Ray will talk -- and sing -- about the connections between the environment, energy, Native American issues, and U.S. foreign an ...
Topics: green living, interview, music (all these topics)

Dishspotting	Suzy Becker	07 Apr 2003	Ha.

Topics: green living, renewable energy (all these topics)

Pee Ditty On paper towels vs. hand dryers	Umbra Fisk	27 Mar 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, As an environmental science instructor, I'm often asked which is the better choice when drying one's hands in a public restroom, assuming both options are available: paper towels, with their associated disposal issues, or hand dryers, with their use of electricity, much of which is wasted. What's the answer? Curious in Iowa, Dawn Dearest Dawn, Patient multitudes have written repeatedly with the insistent query: &quo ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, energy efficiency, green living, waste (all these topics)

Word to the CUUWIGWW On what to call anti-environmentalists	Umbra Fisk	27 Mar 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I am having a problem with the word anti-environmentalists. It seems to me to make these people out to be the good guys for opposing environmentalists. Don't we need a term that better describes people who trash the environment for profit? Say, enviro-rapist? Maybe something a little more civil? Jim Deerwood, Minn. Dearest Jim, Congratulations! Your question has been chosen for the First Annual and ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living (all these topics)

You Can Hardly Prius Out of 'em		24 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
You Can Hardly Prius Out of 'em Some stars toned down the glitz at last night's Academy Awards ceremony in acknowledgement of the war in Iraq, while others toned down their energy consumption, arriving at the event in gas-electric hybrid cars instead of gas-guzzling stretch limos. Actress Cameron Diaz was chauffeured to the Oscars in her own Toyota Prius. "I drive it e ...
Topics: Cameron Diaz, cars, celebrity, electric vehicles, green living, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

The Reformer in the Dell		20 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
The Reformer in the Dell Beginning on March 25, owners of outdated Dell personal computers will be able to treat them like glass, aluminum, plastic, and paper -- by leaving them on the curb for recycling. For $15, Dell will haul away up to 50 pounds worth of discarded computer components (monitors, hard drives, laptops, and the like) for recycling or donation to other users. The plan is an improvement on a recy ...
Topics: green living, pollution and waste, recycling (all these topics)

Elementary, My Dear Holmes		20 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
Elementary, My Dear Holmes An environmental ethicist has won the coveted Templeton Prize, a $1 million award for raising awareness about how science can lead to discoveries about spirituality. Holmes Rolston III, a philosophy professor at Colorado State University and the man known as the father of environmental ethics, won the prize for his explorations of the relationships among religion, ethics, genetics, and evolutionary biology ...
Topics: education, green living (all these topics)

Good, Clean Fun How to clean your house without hurting the planet	The Green Guide	18 Mar 2003	Earthly Possessions
If you think of your home as a haven from pollution, we've got some bummer news. Levels of pollutants in indoor air can be from two to more than 100 times higher than outdoors, according to the U.S. EPA. That indoor pollution is due in large part to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that evaporate, or "offgas," from home decorating and cleaning products. Make your home clean and gree ...
Topics: green cleaning, green living, green products, health (all these topics)

Good, Clean Fun		18 Mar 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: air pollution, green cleaning, green living (all these topics)

In Loco Parentis On making your parents' home eco-friendly	Umbra Fisk	12 Mar 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I am a teenager and so I live with my parents. We recycle paper and some other products (mostly milk containers), but I don't think our house as a whole is very eco-friendly. Since I'm not in charge, I can't really go out and buy new appliances or anything like that. Should I try to convince my parents to do things like switch the type of light bulb we use, or are there other things I can do to help ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, education, green living (all these topics)

Little Bundle of Consumption On having kids	Umbra Fisk	12 Mar 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Wonderful Umbra, I truly love your column. You should give humor lessons to the rest of the Grist staff. My question concerns the environmental consequences of the decision to reproduce or not to reproduce. Your answer to Genevieve pointed out that the two biggest actions we can take to support a healthy environment relate to transportation and housing. Why do you not consider reproduction the biggest action we take that ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, parenting, population (all these topics)

Menstruation Innovation On that time of the month	Umbra Fisk	12 Mar 2003	Ask Umbra
Hey there, Umbra! I have a kind of gross-yet-pressing question for you: Are sanitary products (pads, etc.) environmentally friendly? I would think no, but what do you say? And what can I do about it? Thanks, Jessica Telford, Tenn. Hey there, dearest Jessica, How is it possible that we live in a country where diapers are table conversation and menstruation is considered gross? But no worries, there are many nice flowe ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, health, toxics, waste (all these topics)

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